King Hedley January 30, 2009

King Hedley, II marks the eighth installment of Pulitzer Prize winning playwright August Wilson's decade-by-decade exploration of the African-American experience in America. Set in 1985 in Pittsburgh's Hill District during a time of urban devastation brought on by the slash and burn economic policies of the Reagan era. Job opportunities are scarce and violence is a part of everyday life. King Hedley, of the title, struggles to start his life over after time in prison.